[7rings] catchall for aoi

[shiftingwinds]

i cant believe our first pc is when they're cursed in love

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[shiftingwinds]

You are.

[aoi! please! your self-confidence!!]

You're very loveable.

[gamerbrain]

... What's loveable about a slut like Aoi?

[ what self confidence? ]

[shiftingwinds]

Hey.

[she reaches up and cups both her cheeks again.]

Don't call yourself that. You've said so many times, you want to protect people here. And you keep trying hard to help us, even when it would be easier to give up. You said before, too... you go back in time to try and help people.

You're always doing your best, even when things are hard for you. What's not to love about that?

[gamerbrain]

Aoi saves and reloads so that Aoi doesn't disappear. No one needs Aoi's help.

[ but she does lean her head into the touch, soothed by it despite herself. ]

Is it still loveable for Aoi to try hard when Aoi doesn't succeed at anything?

[shiftingwinds]

That's even more loveable. It's easy to try hard when things go your way; it's harder to keep trying when you don't.

[aoi, please.]

You're doing the best that you can. That's all that anyone can ask.

[gamerbrain]

[ she nods tentatively, like she doesn't know how to argue with this but isn't quite convinced either...

but she would rather shift attention away from it. ]

Aoi thinks you're much more loveable. Picking your route sounds way better than picking Aoi's route.

[shiftingwinds]

Well, you've kind of picked my route, haven't you? [whatever that means. she's just rolling with it.] Or I guess it would be more accurate to say we picked each other's routes.

[gamerbrain]

Yep. That's how Aoi has always lived. When someone plays Aoi's route, it's the same as Aoi playing their route on behalf of God.

[ okay. ]

But this isn't a game. So...

Aoi is extra happy.

[shiftingwinds]

[cuddling!]

Good. I hope I can keep making you happy.

[gamerbrain]

[ cuddles!! ]

Aoi wants to make you happy first.

Besides, Aoi is already so happy that there's nothing you can do to make Aoi happier.

[shiftingwinds]

That just sounds like a challenge.

[gamerbrain]

Are you competitive, Shi Qingxuan?

[shiftingwinds]

Ahahaha, sometimes!

[gamerbrain]

Should Aoi become more competitive, too?

[shiftingwinds]

You should become whatever you want to be, Aoi.

[gamerbrain]

Aoi just wants to be someone you won't get bored of.

[shiftingwinds]

Get bored of...? That would never happen.

[gamerbrain]

... Aoi has never been outside of a game, before. Aoi has never had anyone play Aoi's route without starting the game over after unlocking everything.

[shiftingwinds]

[confusing, and also concerning? aoi.

sqx just hugs her protectively.]

[gamerbrain]

[ aoi just seems? confused by this hug? but returns it softly. ]

[shiftingwinds]

[this is what happens when sqx loves you, aoi, you get protected]

[gamerbrain]

[ but then what can she do for sqx? what can aoi give in return? it seems so unbalanced. ]

[shiftingwinds]

[shhhhh dont worry about it]

[gamerbrain]

[ maximum worry ]

[shiftingwinds]

[it's fine! it's fine

no worries only cuddles]